单词 | meat and potatoes |
释义 | meat and potatoesphrase [oft the PHR of] See full dictionary entry for meatIf you refer to the meat and potatoes of something, you mean its most basic, simple, and essential parts. [US] What they want is the meat and potatoes of how we're going to improve this country. meat and potatoes in American English Informal basic parts or aspects; essentials; fundamentals meat-and-potatoes in American English (ˈmitənpəˈteɪtəz) adjective Informal 1. basic; fundamental they talked about the meat-and-potatoes issues 2. ordinary; everyday Examples of 'meat and potatoes' in a sentence |
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